John Wilson

Now

Sessionwire. A real-time music collaboration platform with around 30,000 users. Since 2017 I've led development across three generations of the platform, building the second and current third from the ground up: WebRTC sessions, an in-browser audio mixer, encrypted peer-to-peer file transfer, search that finds audio by how it sounds, desktop apps for macOS and Windows, and a public API. I guide the platform's product and technical direction alongside its founder and CTO.

index9. A Mac software studio. Windrose is fan control for Apple Silicon, made for machines under sustained load: local AI, long compiles, all-day sessions. Whetstone, a prompt sharpener for the menu bar, is coming soon.

Previously

Before software I spent a decade in audio. I ran Earthtone Mastering, worked live sound in Canada and the UK, produced music for film and TV, and led the audio engineering program at a Kelowna college, teaching over 100 students a week. I taught myself to code building student portfolio sites, then apps, then everything Sessionwire needed.

Education

BA in Sound Technology from LIPA, the Liverpool performing arts school founded by Paul McCartney, who gave feedback on my final-year project. MA in Creative Media Practice from Middlesex University, focused on remote multimedia collaboration.